Reenforced-concrete railway tie



Feb. 24. 1925. I .J. w. FALK REENFORCED CONCRETE RAILWAY TIE.

Filed March 21, 19 24 2 She e ts-Sh eet 1 (Mask/5M1 INVENTOR ATTORNEY I Feb. 24. 19,25.

1,527,852 J. W. FALK REENFORCED CONCRETE RAILWAY TIE Filed March 21, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. 24, 1925. 1,527,852 UNITED STTES Plhil @FEQE,

JAMES W. FALK, OF LITTLE FALLS, MINNESOTA,

REENFORCED-GONCRETE RAILWAY 111E.

Application filed March 21, 1924. Serial No. 700,874.

To all whom it'may concern: verse bolts 6 secured in the bodies or sec- Be it known that 1, JAMES W. F LK, a tions 1 adjacent to the ends thereof and the citizen of the United States, residing at threaded end portions of the bolts being de- Little Falls, in the county of Morrison and signed to extend through eyes on the trans- State of Minnesota, have invented new and verse bolts, and the links and bolts being useful Improvements in Reenforced-Co-nadapted to be secured in working relation crete Railway Ties, of which the following as illustrated through the medium of nuts is a specification. 7 In each concrete body or section 1 are The object of my said invention is the longitudinal dished metallic reenforcing 1D provision of a railway tie of reenforced rods 8 with hooked ends 9* to engage the concrete constructed in such manner that before mentioned transverse bolts 6. Also the proportion of metal to each concrete in each concrete body or section 1 and prefbody is small in weight, and also constructerably in the center thereof is a metallic ed in such manner that a rail may be ex: rail support 9. The-said rail support 9 is peditiously and strongly secured on the tie, provided with lateral base extensions 10 to To the attainment ofthe foregoing, the anchor itin the concrete and is also proinvention consists in the improvement as vided with an upstanding web 11 disposedhereinafter described and definitely claimed. lengthwise of the tie body. It will also be In the accompanying drawings, forming noted by reference to Figure 4 that themepart of this specification:- tallic support 9 is provided in its web 11 Figure 1 is a complete plan view of a with transverse apertures 12 designed to retie constructed in accordance with my inceive concrete as designated by 13 with a vention. view to enabling the concrete occupying the Figure 2 is an enlarged detail view showapertures 12 to assist in holding the support ing a portion of one tie body or section 9 in the body 1. In its upper edge the suppartly broken away to illustrate the arport 9 is recessed at 14 to receive a block rangement in the concrete of one metallic 15 of wood or other appropriate resilient rail support and its appurtenances. material on which the rail 2 is directly su- Figure 3 1s a v1ew of a portion of the perimposed, this 1n order that the rail may 30 tie at right angles to Figure 1. be supported in a cush oned manner. It

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail vertical will also be noticed that the web 11'of the section illustrating the portion shown in support 9 is increased in thickness at 15*, a Figure 3. Figure 5, the thickened portion 15 being Figure 5 is a detail horizontal section chambered as designated by 16. At 17 and 35 taken in the plane indicated by the line 18 the support 9 and the block 15 are pro- 5-5 of Figure 4. vided with coincident recesses for the recep- Figures 6 and 7 are perspectives of parts tion of a reversible loose key 19 which is hereinafter explicitly referred to. adapted to rest against one edge of the base Figure 8 is a perspective of the block of the rail 2 to hold the latter against 4O comprised in my improvement. lateral deflection or movement in one di- Figure 9 is a fragmentary side elevation rection. It will also be noticed that the showing the connection of the two sections key 19 is calculated to prevent movement of the tie. of the block 15 relative to the tie body 1 Similar numerals of reference designate in the direction of the length of the rail 4 corresponding parts in all of the views of 2. At the opposite side of the rail seat,

the drawings. with reference to the key 19, the support In the preferred embodiment of my in- 9 is shaped to seat a rail clamping member vention my novel tie comprises two bodies 20, the said member 20 being provided with or sections 1 of appropriate concrete aran aperture 21 and a shoulder 22 to abut 50 ranged end to end in slightly spaced relaagainst the support 9 and being also protion and each adapted to support one rail 2. vided wi 11 a bifurcation 23 to receive an The said bodies or sections 1 are preferupstanding portion on the support 9 with ably shaped as illustrated, and they are a view to preventing casual movement of connected together through the medium of the clamp member 20 relative to the sup- 55 links 3 having eyes 4: and threaded ends 5, port 9 and in the direction of the length of the eyes i being designed to receive transthe rail 2. The inner portion of the clamp that the bodies 1 20 rests over the adjacent edge of the rail base to hold the latter down on the bloclr 15, and the aperture 21 in the clamp member serves to receive a bolt 24'provided at25 with a key adapted to be turned into the before mentioned chamber 16 in the 'support' 9. The upper portion of the bolt 2% is threaded to receive a nut 26 which is adapted to bear on the clamp member '20 and thereby enable the latter to hold the rail against upward movement. I. Y V

Manifestly by virtue of my' noveltie being formed in a plurality of sections connected together by'li'nks 3, the sections may be conveniently handled in storage f and shipment and when it is desiredto assemble two of the bodies or sections foruse they may be expeditiously and easily connected through the medium of the before mentioned links and this without the employment of skilled labor. It will also be appreciated of vertical movement each independently of the other, though endwi'se movement of one bodyor section 1 with respect tothe other is prevented.

It will also be manifest that rails may be expeditiously and easily connected tothe bodies or sections 1 and as readily disconnected therefrom, though there lS IlO habihty of the rails becoming casually disconnected and no interference with the rails moving on the blocks 15" in the direction" of the length of the rails as is desirable.

An important feature of my invention resides in the fact that the metallic portion of "each concrete body "or section l'is comparatively small in Weight.

Another important feature ofthe invention resides inthe' fact that all worn parts can be replaced without disturbing the tie or the rail.

In have entered'into adetai led description of the construction'and r'e'lativearrangement of the parts'embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exactunderstanding of the said embodiment.

I do notde'sire, howeverfto be understood o y, o enforcement therein, and a metallic ra1l supof a single tie are capable .to said c lampand having f engaged with a re. r1

1 posed in sa'idichamber as confining myself to the specific construction and relative arrangement of parts in asmuchas in the future practice of the inerahportions and being recessedand engagedwith ablockd spos ed 111 said recess and being chamberedland engagedfwith a ra1l'clamp, a bolt enten ding through said clamp and equ pped w th a nut and having a i key a'dapted to rest in saidchambera'nd being also engaged with a key seated in co-- incident recesses in the support and block and adapted to rest at the opposite side of a rail base, with reference to said clamp.

2. The combination of a; concrete body or section, and a metallic rail supportembodied and anchored in said body a'nd recessed and engaged with a resilient block disposed in said recess and also chambered and engaged with. a rail clamp and a bolt complementary a key "disposed in a 11 1 1 3 e .cembinetiw e cre 'efbe section and ametallic rail support embodied and anchored in said body and recessed and "ient block disposedin said recess and also chambered and engaged with a rail clamp and a'bolt complementary tosaid clamp and having a key disthe said'support and block being provided with coincident :TQ"

cesses and being engaged with'a reversible 1005B y-.7, a

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

JAMES W. 'FALK. 

